1% File src/library/utils/man/alarm.Rd 2% Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org 3% Copyright 1995-2013 R Core Team 4% Distributed under GPL 2 or later 5 6\name{alarm} 7\alias{alarm} 8\concept{beep} 9\concept{bell} 10\title{Alert the User} 11\description{ 12 Gives an audible or visual signal to the user. 13} 14\usage{ 15alarm() 16} 17\details{ 18 \code{alarm()} works by sending a \code{"\\a"} character to the console. 19 On most platforms this will ring a bell, beep, or give some other signal 20 to the user (unless standard output has been redirected). 21 22 It attempts to flush the console (see \code{\link{flush.console}}). 23} 24\value{ 25 No useful value is returned. 26} 27\examples{ 28alarm() 29} 30\keyword{utilities} 31 32